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Simon Singh’s New Book: The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets
Simon Singh is the author of the *incredible* books Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and Fermat’s Enigma. His remarkable talent is taking complicated math and science topics and making them...
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Creationist ‘Mathematician’ Says There Was Only a 1/479,000,000 Chance Moses...
If there’s one thing “smart” Christian apologists should have figured out by now, it’s that they shouldn’t mess with math. Whenever they claim to have irrefutable proof of God’s existence, not only are...
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Why Do Pastors Use Bad Statistics?
Bob Smietana points out something we’ve all known for a long time: When pastors tell you a statistic from the pulpit, you better do some fact-checking of your own.Like these numbers Pastor Mark...
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David Barton, Who Makes a Living Telling Historical Lies, is Now Spreading...
Christian pseudohistorian David Barton used to be a math teacher. But at some point, he transitioned into teaching history, another subject he knew next to nothing about. Today, he goes around...
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Arizona State Senator Says He Opposes Common Core Because… It Promotes Algebra
There are legitimate reasons people might oppose Common Core, a national set of standards that 45 states have already adopted. You could say it’s too expensive for cash-strapped districts to implement,...
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Why Run a 5K When You Can Run a Pi K?
The Illinois Science Council is sponsoring a Pi Day Pi K run — and I can’t resist posting about a run that’s not 3.1 miles like your typical 5K, but 3.14 miles instead!Tickets for the March 14 run in...
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About That ‘Common Core’ Math Problem Making the Rounds on Facebook…
Over the past week, I’ve seen this image multiple times on Facebook and elsewhere, a supposed denunciation of the Common Core version of math that kids are now learning:That picture is especially...
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Friendly Atheist Podcast Episode 73: Dr. Keith Devlin, Mathematics...
Our latest podcast guest is Dr. Keith Devlin, a mathematician who’s also known as The Math Guy on NPR’s Weekend Edition. He has written several books explaining math to the masses. And he’s also the...
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The Dad Who Wrote a Check Using “Common Core” Math Doesn’t Know What He’s...
Doug Herrmann, a father from Ohio, was frustrated that he couldn’t help his second-grade son with his math homework last week. Even though it should have been easy, the curriculum his son was using...
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This is How Anti-Abortion Groups Lie with Statistics
Over the past several years, Planned Parenthood has increased the raw number of abortions it provides. In 2006, they performed 289,750 abortions. By 2013, the number had gone up to 327,000. It’s...
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Why Would a Math Teacher Punish a Child for Saying 5 x 3 = 15?
What’s 5 x 3?How about 4 x 6?You might think those are simple questions, but a third grader had points taken off on an exam recently after giving the answers 15 and 24, respectively.“But those are the...
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Sometimes, Estimating is Better Than Getting the Exact Answer
People ask me why I keep writing posts about math. Mainly, it’s because I care about critical thinking, and I want students to learn how to think logically. That’s a skill most of us didn’t learn how...
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A Musical Battle of the Sciences
The guys at AsapSCIENCE had me at science and Star Wars and a cappella. Because you really can’t go wrong when you combine those, can you?The last part of the video is clearly the best.(via Joe. My....
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According to a Creationist Video, 3 + 3 = 6 is Somehow Proof of God’s Existence
In the latest episode of Creation Today (which I’m sure you all binge-watch), host Eric Hovind explains how God and mathematics are intertwined.There’s a great moment near the beginning where Hovind...
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All Your Questions About the Powerball Jackpot, Answered
On Wednesday night, the Powerball jackpot will reach an astonishing $1.3 billion, though it’ll probably be more by the time the drawing occurs. Since a lot of you have questions about it, let me help...
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Algebra is Still Important and Andrew Hacker is Still Wrong
A few years ago, Andrew Hacker, a professor of political science and mathematics at Queens College, made a case in the New York Times for why teaching algebra in high school was almost entirely...
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The “Common Core” Nanny Doesn’t Understand Subtraction
For the past few weeks, “Nanny” Melissa Strzala has been posting videos explaining Common Core methods for doing math… and, not surprisingly, she has no clue what she’s complaining about.The most...
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West Virginia School Board Candidates Debate Teaching Creationism; This...
The Putnam County Board of Education in West Virginia will have two open seats in the upcoming election, and three of the candidates vying for those spots participated in a forum last night for the...
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Why This Pi Day is Better Than the Last One
Vi Hart reminds us that this year’s Pi Day (3/14/16) is *way* more impressive than last year’s Pi Day (3/14/15).Even though the whole celebration of Pi is a sham.I’ll see you all on Tau Day. It’s much...
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The Battle Over What Students Should Be Taught in Their Math Classes Rages On
Following up on what I wrote a couple of weeks ago, there's still a lot of debate among the math educators I know about Professor Andrew Hacker's new book The Math Myth.Hacker doesn't think we should...
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